Cricket......

[GLuvsMtb]

Sublime bowling by Tahir. Windies all got starts, but somehow managed to get themselves out.

[Mntboy]

Sublime bowling by Tahir. Windies all got starts, but somehow managed to get themselves out.

Followed the first and last hour of the match via cricinfo due to my work schedule. When Immy was brought back on it seemed like he was threatening a wicket each ball. Glad we got runs as it definitely gave both Immy and Shamsi the benefit of scoreboard pressure hence the poor shots from the Windies batsmen. A better performance from the Protea's now for some much needed consistency!

 

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['Dale]

Imran Tahir claimed 7 for 45 - the best ODI returns by a South African bowler, and he also became the fastest to 100 ODI wickets from the country

 

Cricinfo

[Oxter]

Well SA bowlers showing how to mess up a great start...

 

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[Mntboy]

Well SA bowlers showing how to mess up a great start...

 

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SA's batting in shambles. A win looking very unlikely.

[Baldrick]

I never realised bats are so thick these days

http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/227800/227831.3.jpg

['Dale]

I never realised bats are so thick these days

http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/227800/227831.3.jpg

#gayleforce

[GLuvsMtb]

I never realised bats are so thick these days

http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/227800/227831.3.jpg

yet they weigh roughly the same. Got to love innovation in sport.

[Mntboy]

yet they weigh roughly the same. Got to love innovation in sport.

Well one Ricky Ponting disagrees with you. He would love to see a restriction on the weight of bats used in test matches but would be happy with the status quo for one day & T20 matches to remain.

[Mntboy]

So the focus returns to South

Africa's transformation policy,

which is seen as a cause of what is

being termed "white flight". One

former player believes it is not so

much the policy but the lack of

clarity surrounding its

implementation that is causing

player unhappiness.

"If you are good enough, you will

play for South Africa no matter

what colour your skin and we know

that," the player, who is white, said.

"But CSA need to be open and

honest about transformation and

then you will have fewer players

leaving. The players just want to

know: these are the rules and this is

what we have to do. That's all. They

keep saying there is no quota, there

are only targets, and that is a lie.

"At the same time we have to stop

saying every time someone of

colour gets a position that they are

only there because of their colour.

We have very deserving people." - from a cricinfo article referring to the talent drain in our cricket whether it be players, coaches or administrators. This section focuses on players and their main reason for leaving.

[MTBeer]

yet they weigh roughly the same. Got to love innovation in sport.

What ever happened to Aluminium cricket bats? Didn't someone use one long ago. Banned?

[Baldrick]

What ever happened to Aluminium cricket bats? Didn't someone use one long ago. Banned?

Dennis Lillee used it

 

http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/1979-dennis-lillee-walks-out-to-bat-with-an-aluminium-bat-20910

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pak_0L3rhc

[Baldrick]

Oh dear

http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Proteas/quotas-to-be-introduced-for-proteas-20160726

[Shebeen]

What ever happened to Aluminium cricket bats? Didn't someone use one long ago. Banned?

immediately.

 

same with baseball

[Shebeen]

Oh dear

http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Proteas/quotas-to-be-introduced-for-proteas-20160726

I think this will have a direct reduction in the quality of the local game, you might get franchises playing all black teams near the end of the season to catch up to their targets. sounds like the old days of having two leagues.

 

Whether it has a long term benefit will be debatable, there's definitely a huge pool of talent that is not making it to the top level.

[Mntboy]

I think this will have a direct reduction in the quality of the local game, you might get franchises playing all black teams near the end of the season to catch up to their targets. sounds like the old days of having two leagues.

 

Whether it has a long term benefit will be debatable, there's definitely a huge pool of talent that is not making it to the top level.

It's sustainability v short term gains imho. The real problem as you acknowledged is getting coaches to do it consistently across the season and not just towards the end of it. Essentially what one needs is for the players to be in a 'sink or swim' situation. Perform or lose your place (and this should be across the board for all players with realistic standards), just not sure whether CSA has the willingness to allow coaches to do so. Or even if it's politically possible for that matter.

 

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